"I’m proud of what we do on the show," Groening said. "And I think it’s a time in our culture where people love to pretend they’re offended."

From the recent The Simpsons episode, "No Good Read Goes Unpunished."

In the episode, Lisa Simpson can be seen saying, "Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?" The series then quickly panned to a picture of Apu, signed with him writing "Don't have a cow."